School of Medicine Newsletter Spring/Summer 2022

Welcome to the spring/summer 2022 edition of the School of Medicine newsletter.

Group photo of Class of 1972 graduates who attended the reunion

Celebrating 50 years since graduation

This June, the Class of 1972 came back to Liverpool to mark an incredible milestone and share reflections on career trajectories from Liverpool to a host of different specialties, achievements and corners of the world.

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If In Doubt: An Anaesthetist’s Story

School Alumnus Keith Wilkinson (1982) tells all in a brand-new book covering his career as an anaesthetist from medical school through specialty training and into his consultant position on the Isle of Man.

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School of Medicine Class of 2022 graduates in style

This July the Class of 2022, rather uncomfortably, donned caps and gowns to graduate in soaring temperatures at a ceremony at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall as loved ones, educators and mentors looked on with immense pride.

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School Alumnus pens globetrotting autobiography

Dr Sam Ramsay Smith (1971) has always shunned convention and followed his heart in a career spent in the pursuit of service to others, with a generous helping of fun! His new book follows his career as a flying surgeon in Africa, a war surgeon in Sri Lanka and more!

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Collage of photos of School Prizes winners

An avalanche of awards and accolades

Liverpool student doctors have been celebrating big wins in prizes both within the University and nationally recognising their pursuits in pharmacology, medical research and reflective practice – amongst others!

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Kaylea and her dog Cosmo on a mountain hike

A Liverpool Graduate who has not yet left

Dr Kaylea Clark has maintained strong links with the School since graduating in 2017 – acting as an examiner for clinical assessments, as part of the School’s Associate Clinical Teachers (ACT) programme and, this year, deepening her interest in medical education further as an Academic Fellow.

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a group of friends wearing fashionable clothes in the 1980s

My old bedroom is the School’s simulation control room

Clinical Skills Lecturer Vicky Bond looks back on a career of 35 years, which began at Cedar House where she lived, in what is now the control room for simulated learning, as a student nurse.

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group of friends on steps

Cedar House camaraderie 30 years on

On a recent trip back to Cedar House, Roger Hamlett and friends reminisced on time spent here as student nurses in the late 1980s and how although the hairstyles and fashion trends may have moved on, the bonds of those formative years still remain.

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a group of people in front of a slide that says welcome home to Liverpool

An extra-special 40 year (+1!) reunion

The Class of 1981 have met up every five years since qualification. Reunion organiser John O’Donnell reflects on the University years that were to shape the career ahead of him.

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man sitting with bronze statue

Liverpool is a great city to be a student in

John’s classmate Julian Marsden shares his recollections of student life, including trips to Zorba’s restaurant and deciding between becoming a Red or a Blue.

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students take part in walking tour

A warm welcome to our newest student doctors

This September, the School came out in force to welcome 335 student doctors to Year One of the MBChB course with a series of welcome activities to help students settle into their new Liverpool home.

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doctor and wife on graduation and retirement

Pioneering anaesthetist and avid mountaineer

After graduating from Liverpool in 1960, Grahame Meadows became a consultant anaesthetist and played a key role in shaping the role of perfusionists. But a mountaineering accident in 1990 almost cost him his career and more.

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LMSS group photo

The year is off to a great start for the LMSS

LMSS Alumni Secretary Charlotte Patterson reveals some of the society’s biggest plans this academic year, including an Alumni Dinner at the Royal Liver Building next April.

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Shaun Jackson in his garden, holding a cup of tea

In Memoriam: Shaun Roy Jackson (MBChB 1981)

We are saddened by the passing of Class of 1981 graduate, Shaun Roy Jackson and the University sends its heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

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School of Medicine graduation ceremony at the Tung Auditorium

Celebrating our extraordinary 2020 and 2021 graduates

Emotions were high as we welcomed the Classes of 2020 and 2021 back to campus for graduation ceremonies at the impressive Tung Auditorium in the University’s brand-new Yoko Ono Lennon Centre.

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Professor Dan Perry in a video interview with the School of Medicine

School alumnus awarded NIHR Research Professorship

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Dan Perry (Class of 2003) reflects on his journey from a Birmingham comprehensive to a Consultant role at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

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School Prize winners for the 2020-21 academic year

Inspirational student doctors recognised at School Prize Evening

Students picked up awards for excellence in 2020/21 alongside friends and family, including two remarkable Spirit of Liverpool School of Medicine prize winners.

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Dr Amelle Ra and Dr Samuel Latham (Class of 2019)

School alumni pen insightful careers book for student doctors

Dr Amelle Ra and Dr Samuel Latham (Class of 2019) take a trip down memory lane and share more about their book, The Ultimate Career Guide.

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An environment that celebrates diversity

The School partners with the Anthony Walker Foundation on a microaggressions training programme in a key step to building a safe and inclusive community.

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Dr Liz Hare (Class of 1992)

Alumni reunion to celebrate 30 years of friendship

Dr Liz Hare (Class of 1992) reflects on how her time at Liverpool set her up for the next 30 years of clinical practice as she makes arrangements for a very special reunion event this June.

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One of the clinical scenarios set up at Aintree

Final-year students demonstrate skills in new clinical assessment

The School’s Clinical Skills and Assessment teams reveal how they have continued to deliver teaching and clinical exams throughout the pandemic, including a new addition to the Year Five curriculum.

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Student achievements to shout about

Liverpool Student Doctors have been excelling on and off campus in their extra-curricular, sporting and fundraising activities, including an international rugby call up and Strictly Come Dancing charity event.

 

In memoriam

The School regrets to announce the passing of Dr Mary E Cawley, née Casper (MB,ChB 1947).

 

Keep in touch

To stay informed of School of Medicine Alumni Network activity, including teaching opportunities, please contact alumni@liverpool.ac.uk or visit: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/medicine/staff/alumni/

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